Netflix has announced some big news about its slate of upcoming shows, as well as taking another big step in their outward expansion, having struck a deal to purchase True Detective director Cary Fukanaga’s new film.

Netflix set its late-spring/summer release schedule on Monday (March 2) morning, setting premiere dates for a slew of specials, returning favorites and new shows.
The highest profile of the launch dates is the June 12 drop for Season 3 of "Orange Is The New Black," which has emerged as an Emmy favorite and a SAG Awards winner since the second season hit last June.
Although Season 3 will be premiering on June 12, "Orange Is The New Black" will, once again, be submitting for Emmy consideration a season behind. Netflix will also have an important decision on its hands with new Emmy regulations superficially defining comedies as half-hour series and hour-longs as dramas.
Netflix will have to specially petition if the streaming service wants "Orange" to be up for the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy for the second straight year. "Orange" will also suffer in the newly redefined Guest Acting categories, since Uzo Aduba won
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Into the Woods was released theatrically on Christmas Day, 2014, and has gone on to earn $176 million from a production budget of approximately $50 million since. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Costume Design but ultimately didn't come away from the big Oscars ceremony with a win a little less than a week ago.

The Blu-ray edition of Into the Woods will also include the film on Digital HD and be presented in 2.39:1 1080p video and 7.1 DTS-hd Master Audio. Bonus features include an all-new song by Meryl Streep as noted below:

Following the death of actor Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed Mr. Spock on Star Trek, countless tributes have poured in for the man who popularized the phrase "Live long and prosper." Among those remembering Nimoy's legacy are astronauts, scientists, writers, sci-fi fans, fellow actors and directors and even President Barack Obama, who wrote in a statement from the White House, "I loved Spock."

"Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy. Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time.
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The film is set for release on March 24th, and you pre-order it via Amazon here.

The Blu-ray Combo Pack will include:

–Never-Before-Seen Sondheim Original Song: “She’ll Be Back” – Meryl Streep performs a compelling new song that sheds a little more light on the Witch’s relationship with Rapunzel. This never-before- seen composition was penned especially for this movie by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, and is seen here exclusively on Blu-ray and Ehv.
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As Spock would say, "I have been, and always shall be, your friend."
Leonard Nimoy's role in Star Trek resonated with many, as nearly all of us can recognize the unforgettable pointy-ears and raised brows of our favorite Enterprise officer.
To commemorate the late actor's impact on the lives of others, take a look back at Mr. Spock with all of his famous friends over the years.
Check out Nimoy with James Doohan (Scotty) and William Shatner (Captain Kirk) from the original series, as well the cheerful photos with his most recent co-star's Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana.
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The actor and filmmaker, who rose to fame as Mr Spock in the Star Trek TV series and movies, died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his wife confirmed to The New York Times.

Nimoy revealed last year that he was suffering from the disease, caused by smoking in his younger years. He had been treated in hospital earlier this week.

Nimoy began his career in the early '50s teaching acting and appearing in B movies, such as 1952's Kid Monk Baroni, and TV roles. He also served in the United States Army in 1953.

In 1965, Nimoy played Mr Spock for the first time in the rejected Star Trek pilot 'The Cage'. He retained the role when the show was taken to series and portrayed the character on the small screen until 1969.

You know that whole beard trend that's going on in Hollywood right now?
Well, Will Forte has been rocking it longer...and wider...and grosser than any other actor, thank you very much. It's all for his bold new comedy Last Man on Earth, premiering Sunday on Fox. But unlike Josh Duhamel or Chris Pine, please note that Forte's monstrosity did not make the ladies swoon.
"People would cross the street [to avoid me]," Will tells me of his admittedly "disgusting" facial hair, which he insisted on growing in real life. "My niece and nephew are young and they were terrified."
While nearly every "new" comedy out there these days is derivative of
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Every year the title cards that designate the Oscar categories and the films nominated in each get more and more interesting thanks to an innovative designer named Henry Hobson.
Hobson, who's worked on the last seven Academy Awards broadcasts recently did a quick interview with Slate to detail his process. In addition to the title cards for 23 categories, Hobson also designed the imagery used during John Legend and Common's performance of "Glory" from "Selma," no doubt contributing to the production of David Oyelowo and Chris Pine's tears. He's also designed opening and closing titles sequences for such films as "Snow White and the Huntsman," "Sherlock Holmes" and "Robin Hood" as well as seasons 1 and 2 of "The Walking Dead."
For the Oscars, Hobson sees all the films in advance, then sketches, pulls together materials and begins coordinating teams. The entire process must be completed in just over a month,
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Into the Woods is hitting on Blu-Ray March 24th, and this one has a lot of great bonuses. Of course, it’s to be expected from Disney, but beyond that, this is one that doesn’t even need a lot of bonuses. Check our Into the Woods review here for the full report on the film itself.

Among the bonuses are a commentary track, several behind-the-scenes featurettes, and a look at the cast.

Not only was this a really great movie (and I’m no huge musical fan), but it’s one that, like most things Disney, is going to go into heavy rotation.

Common and John Legend have been performing "Glory" a lot this award season, and when they brought the Oscar-nominated song from Selma to the Academy Award stage, they topped themselves. In their most intense performance yet, the stage was turned into a re-creation of the film, Common rapped about Ferguson, and then a crowd joined them on stage. It made lots of audience members like David Oyelowo and Chris Pine cry, and was just about the most powerful moment of the entire event - oh, until their speech, that is.
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Forget the celebratory bottle popping - what stars really needed this award season was some Kleenex. Yes, Chrissy Teigen's tears got the most attention at the Golden Globes, and no one could look away when Uzo Aduba literally dropped her jaw in disbelief at the SAG Awards, but we must also honor the beautiful displays of emotion from Eddie Redmayne, Gina Rodriguez, and Ariana Grande. By the time the Oscars rolled around on Sunday, we thought we'd seen it all, only for Chris Pine's and David Oyelowo's tears to catch us off guard. Read on to see what we're talking about, and then see all the audience reactions at the Oscars for yourself.
Source: Getty / Christopher Polk / Kevin Winter
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Horrible Bosses 2 has just made its debut on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD, and we have teamed up with Warner Home Video to offer three readers a chance to take home the new combo pack release that includes all three formats along with a new extended cut that packs even more profanity. For a chance to win, please fill out and submit the short entry form below. The odds of winning can be increased each and every day you
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If you're going to step out together, you may just be linked together.
Chris Pine and Zoë Kravitz got fans talking over the weekend when they arrives at Charles Finch and Chanel's seventh annual pre-Oscar dinner at Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills.
Wearing a blue suit without a tie, the Star Trek star stayed close to Kravitz as they entered the restaurant. They later mingled with fellow guests including Jessica Chastain, Keira Knightley and Kristen Stewart.
But before we proclaim these two a new item, a source assured to E! News Monday afternoon that "they are good friends."
Another source added, "Zoë and Chris have known each other for a few years. They get along
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Selma may have been snubbed from some major categories at the 2015 Academy Awards, but the historical drama, which chronicles Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 march for voting rights, made its mark on the awards ceremony with a Best Original Song win for "Glory." Not to mention that emotional musical performance that made everyone -- including Chris Pine -- break down in tears.

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Oprah Winfrey, who served as a producer on the film, talked to Et after the awards show about celebrating the win for Common and John Legend's original song and the cultural importance of the groundbreaking biopic.

"It’s been a journey, from the very first moment that David [Oyelowo] had asked me to help him with this film," Winfrey told Et’s Brooke Anderson. "We started out doing our little film and we never expected to be at the Oscars. And now you
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The stars of the silver screen gathered at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood last night for The 87th Oscars ceremony, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Birdman emerged as the night's big winner, taking home four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Alejandro Gonz&#225lez I&#241&#225rritu), Best Original Screenplay (Alejandro Gonz&#225lez I&#241&#225rritu, Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicol&#225s Giacobone) and Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), with The Grand Budapest Hotel also taking home four Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design and Best Original Score. It was a rare year where all eight of the Best Picture nominees ended up taking home at least one award apiece, but for many viewers, the awards themselves weren't talked about nearly as much as the speeches, musical performances and other segments from the ceremony, which ran more than a half-hour longer than its allotted three-hour time slot.
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The stars of the silver screen gathered at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood last night for The 87th Oscars ceremony, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Birdman emerged as the night's big winner, taking home four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Alejandro Gonz&#225lez I&#241&#225rritu), Best Original Screenplay (Alejandro Gonz&#225lez I&#241&#225rritu, Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicol&#225s Giacobone) and Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), with The Grand Budapest Hotel also taking home four Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design and Best Original Score. It was a rare year where all eight of the Best Picture nominees ended up taking home at least one award apiece, but for many viewers, the awards themselves weren't talked about nearly as much as the speeches, musical performances and other segments from the ceremony, which ran more than a half-hour longer than its allotted three-hour time slot.
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While the Academy wants us to believe we should all be watching the stage on Oscars night, veteran award show viewers know the audience is where the action really goes down.
From Meryl Streep jumping to her feet during Patricia Arquette's moving Best Supporting Actress acceptance speech to Chris Pine's flawless single man-tear during Common and John Legend's powerful performance of the Selma anthem "Glory," there were a number of memorable audience moments, which still have the Internet buzzing.
So, in no particular order, here are the 18 best audience reactions (looking at you, Oprah!).
Special shout-out to whoever decided to give out those Lego statues. Those fake
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